Actor Joe Manganiello pulled a muscle in his arm while shooting an energetic dance routine for the upcoming Magic Mike sequel.
The True Blood hunk reprised his role as Big Dick Richie from Channing Tatum's 2012 male stripper movie for the sequel, but he was pushing himself so hard during one sexy scene, he suffered an injury.
His co-star Elizabeth Banks explains, "I was there on the day, well, happened to be there, on the day Joe Manganiello was doing his big routine, and actually he like, pulled his arm muscle, that's how crazy the dancing is! "I don't wanna give anything away, but it's bananas!" Magic Mike XXL is due for release this summer (Jul15).

How well do you know one of 2014's most beloved films? Probably not that well. Below are 28 facts about the movie that you may not have known, and they'll help you realize just how awesome everything really is.
1. Even though he's the King of Voiceovers, this is Morgan Freeman's first animated film.
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2. It's Wonder Woman's first theatrical appearance in a feature length film.
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3. And, even though he didn't have a speaking role, The Flash's cameo marks his first theatrical appearance as well.
4. It's also the first time Batman and Superman have ever been in the same film together.
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5. Vitruvius' staff is a chewed up lollipop stick.
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In most cases, a lollipop stick will fit perfectly into a figure's hand.
6. President Business' company is Octan Corporation, LEGO's fictional gas company that first appeared in 1992.
7. Benny, the "1980-something space guy," has a broken helmet chin strap, which was an extremely common defect for his line of figures at the time.
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8. Vitruvius, when broken down etymologically, comes from the Greek words for "master" and "builder."
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9. And, in fact, Vitruvius was a Roman author and architect in 1st century BC.
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He's best known for his multi-volume De Architectura.
10. In Emmet's apartment there's a poster for a movie called Macho and the Nerd, the Russian title for Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's 21 Jump Street (believe it or not).
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11. The only LEGOs in the film that aren't computer-generated are the title cards (including "5 hours later"), some of the backgrounds, and the end credits.
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12. When arriving in Cloud Cuckoo Land, Batman is extremely grumpy. It makes sense, since he's greeted by two of his greatest foes.
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The clown represents The Joker and the diosaur/lizard man represents Killer Croc.
13. The film is a bit of a 21 Jump Street reunion for the directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, as well as the stars: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Nick Offerman, and Dave Franco.
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Tatum plays Superman and Hill plays the needy Green Lantern. Offerman appears as the robot pirate character Metal Beard. Franco has a cameo in the film as Wally.
14. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wanted Liam Neeson to record Good Cop and Bad Cop in different sessions, but he refused. Instead, he recorded them in the same session, adding that manic quality to the character.
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15. Cloud Cuckoo Land is actually from 414 BC.
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Aristophanes' play The Birds features a perfect city in the clouds where everything is perfect, called Cloudcuckooland. In the movie, it's home of Princess Unikitty.
16. Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Christian Bale were all at one point considered to reprise their Batman roles.
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The role eventually went to Will Arnett.
17. At the end, the LEGO structures in the videos that appear behind Emmet while he's talking to President Business are real stop-motion films made by fans, not filmmakers. They're called "Brickfilms."
18. When Emmet jumps into the abyss that leads to the human world, he falls through a cardboard box labeled "Magic Portal," which is a nod to the first Brickfilm ever made, The Magic Portal.
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19. There are tons of references to The Matrix.
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The protagonists of both films live in worlds constructed by outside forces. Neo, the chosen one, dies at the end of The Matrix, and is brought back with the ability to see the Matrix for what it truly is. Emmet, the Special, falls into the human world and is dropped back into the LEGO world by a human child. When he's returned, he can "see everything," and can now see the part numbers for all of the pieces, just like Neo.
20. When Vitruvius says "We gotta write all that down 'cause I'm not gonna remember any of it," that's actually a Morgan Freeman outtake. He was frustrated with constant script changes, but the line worked so perfectly in the film.
21. President Business' helmet and cape are designed to look like a neck tie. Much of the President Business design incorporates elements of a typical businessman, like the horns of his helmet being made of coffee mugs.
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22. The suds in Emmet's shower and the smoke in other scenes are actually made of LEGO ice cream scoops.
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23. The pigs steering the the protagonists' stagecoach crash and explode into a bunch of sausages.
24. It's not the first time Will Forte has played Abraham Lincoln.
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He voiced the former president on MTV's Clone High, which was also one of the very first TV shows Phil Lord and Chris Miller worked on.
25. The croissants and turkey drumsticks are featured and referenced frequently for a very good reason: they're one of the few foods that fit into LEGO hands, and they show up most frequently in real LEGO sets. Only carrots show up more often than those two.
26. Lando and C-3PO are voiced by their original Star Wars counterparts, Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels.
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27. Morgan Freeman has stated this is his favorite Batman appearance ever (and he's starred in The Dark Knight trilogy).
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28. And of course, "eight and a half years later" at the beginning of the film foreshadows the age of Finn, the child playing with the LEGOs.

The Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks is in talks to portray tennis ace Billie Jean King in a new movie about the sport's fabled Battle of the Sexes match. The actress will team up with Paul Giamatti, who will play Bobby Riggs in the TV movie, which will chronicle the sports legends' 1973 court meeting. King, the world's number two woman, defeated the retired Wimbledon champion.

Netflix recently released its cast announcement for its upcoming 8-episode series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. And, well, we can't remember the last time we were this excited for something. The incredible things this cast has gone on to do in the 14 years since this film came out is testament enough to their talent, and after watching it countless times, we've put together a list of just some of the reasons we can't wait:
1. For more of Bradley Cooper's incredible dance moves:
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2. For more of Paul Rudd at his absolute moodiest:
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3. For more steamy secret Bradley Cooper and Michael Ian Black love scenes:
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4. For its unbeatable inspirational dance scenes:
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5. For its most beautiful declarations of true love:
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6. For its on-point nerdy talk:
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^ This is a panty-dropping line if we've ever heard one.
7. And for its characters' ability to turn quite anything into a compliment:
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8. For more Poehler pep talks in the post-Parks and Rec days (even if they're in the form of the anti-Knope).
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9. For its characters, standing up for themselves, once and for all:
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10. For its ability to handle any emergency in a calm, rational way:
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You'd never even know there was something hurtling towards Earth in a potentially catastrophic way.
11. For its brutal assessments of other people's talents:
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12. For its awkwardly honest break-ups:
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Side note: Elizabeth Banks, if you really do taste like burger, we love you more than we already did (which we thought was impossible).
13. For its honesty in general, no matter how strange it is:
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14. For its absolutely perfect exits:
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15. For its relatable teenage summer goals:
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16. For its love stories, perhaps the greatest love stories ever told:
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Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Rudd will officially reprise their roles from 2001 cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer for the forthcoming Netflix series. Bosses at the streaming service released a teaser trailer for the upcoming eight-episode series on Tuesday (27Jan15), and the video reveals the names of the cast members in the new installment, set against the backdrop of Jewish summer Camp Firewood, where the film takes place.
Along with Cooper, Banks, and Rudd, their co-stars including Christopher Meloni, Janeane Garogalo, Amy Poehler, David Hyde Pierce, and Molly Shannon will all reprise their roles for the reboot.
Creator David Wain will be back to helm the project, which takes place on the first day of the camp's "famous summer season, now 14 years after the film's debut."

The all-star cast of cult 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer is getting back together for an eight-episode Netflix series. The film, featuring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper and Amy Poehler, among others, was a box office flop upon its release, but has since become a DVD favourite, prompting creators David Wain and Michael Showalter to get the gang back together for a TV series. Wain will direct the project.
News about a Wet Hot American Summer revival first surfaced in 2012, when Showalter discussed plans for a prequel to the original, about life at a fictional early-1980s Jewish summer camp.
Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni and Michael Ian Black are also expected to return for the new project.

The Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks is paying back Universal executives who gave her the chance to make a movie by helping them find the next untapped director talent. Banks stepped behind the camera to take charge of the Pitch Perfect sequel and now she's fronting a campaign to find the next great filmmaker.
Universal bosses have teamed up with snack firm Doritos for this year's (15) Crash the Super Bowl contest - and they've recruited the actress to mentor the finalists.
Banks explains, "For nine years running now, they have solicited Doritos commercials and then the winner gets a million freaking dollars and a dream job at Universal... I'm sort of mentoring the 10 finalists.
"Anybody can vote on these really fun commercials that came in. (The winning director's film) airs during the Super Bowl... One of the finalists is actually in his own commercial."
Banks will be going to the Super Bowl football championship, where she hopes to be cheering on her beloved New England Patriots, with the 10 finalists.
She adds, "We all are gonna be in this room watching the game and watching the TVs and no one knows when or where the ad's gonna air. They don't know if they've won. They won't know until the actual moment it happens."

"Now that I'm older I wish I had walked around totally naked from, like, 19 to 26. I don't blame Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian... I'm like, 'Yeah, sure, go for it. I want that photo evidence too when I'm 65!' Cool is a strong word for how I feel about it; I'm still a feminist and I want them to have great ownership over their imagery." Actress Elizabeth Banks wishes she had more naked pictures of herself when she was at her prime.

"The first time I met a male stripper was in college - my sorority, we bought one... and he showed up in a police uniform... He got naked and I was so disgusted I actually ran out of the room at some point. He left his socks on... We all sorta thought, 'Is this, like, his third gig of all time?'" Actress Elizabeth Banks hopes film fans are more turned on by the strippers in the MAGIC MIKE sequel, in which she stars, than the one she hired for a party at college.

Hockey player-turned-actor Michael Masini was arrested in New York City after he allegedly scuffling with security guards at Madison Square Garden over the weekend (27-28Dec14). Masini, 39, and his brother Richard Masini, 49, attended a hockey game between the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils at the iconic venue, but were stopped by security officers after they attempted to gain access to a luxury suite, for which they had no tickets, according to documents filed in Manhattan Criminal Court.
The guard told them to leave but both men refused, and Michael allegedly punched the officer in the face, as well as a second guard who was involved in the fray, while his sibling was also caught on security footage taking a jab at a third officer.
Both men were taken into custody and charged with assault, trespass and harassment. The actor was released without bail while Richard posted $1,000 (£625) in cash. They are both due in court on 2 January (15).
Masini played for several junior and minor league hockey teams before becoming an actor, and most recently appeared as Elizabeth Banks' groom on an episode of Modern Family. He also made an appearance in Charlie Sheen's sitcom Anger Management.

Cast as Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) District 12 escort in the feature film adaptation of "The Hunger Games"

Again portrayed Betty Brant in "Spider-Man 2"

Cast as the female lead in the dark comedy "Meet Bill" alongside Aaron Eckhart

Landed first film role in the independent drama "Surrender Dorothy" (credited as Elizabeth Casey)

Guest-starred on the season five finale of the NBC sitcom "Scrubs" as the love interest to J.D. (Zach Braff); returned with a recurring role in season six

Co-starred with Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti in the comedy "Fred Claus"

Portrayed First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic "W." on the life of President George W. Bush

Had a recurring role on NBC's "30 Rock" as a love interest for Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy

Cast as one of the leads in ensemble romantic comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting"

Reprised Effie Trinket in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"

Summary

Before she was a recognizable name, Elizabeth Banks was a familiar face in scene-stealing comic cameos and memorable dramatic roles opposite high-profile actors like Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bridges and Mark Wahlberg. Her fresh-scrubbed New England looks and girl-next-door appeal were refreshingly countered with her adventurous tomboy spirit and fearless embrace of over-the-top goofiness. A stage-trained actress with a fun-loving attitude towards a big screen career, Banks' energy and versatile talent were finally featured front and center in the popular but very different comedies "Slither" (2006) and "Definitely, Maybe" (2008). Prior to those two roles, she gained widespread recognition for playing Betty Brant in "Spider-Man" (2002), which she reprised for the second (2004) and third (2007) installments. After returning to comedy opposite Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti in "Fred Claus" (2007), Banks was surprisingly convincing as former First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's "W" (2008) and Effie Trinket in the hotly anticipated "The Hunger Games" (2012). Whether comedy or drama, Banks always delivered a quality performance while continually broadening her appeal.